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20100194039 | Multipurpose Foam Flooring - A transformative floor mat system that is interactive as a toy and a mat that is safe, fun and creative. In one form, the floor mat has tiles with interlocking structure around the edges of each tile to prove for a secured large surface area. The floor mat also has play pieces that can be removed from within each tiles so that each tile can be connected to one another to form a play figure. The floor mat system could also be configured to form other three-dimensional structures and environments, such as castles, forests, and beaches. | 08-05-2010 |
20110000162 | Interlocking Floor Tiles with Mushroom Shaped Connectors - An interlocking tile system comprises tiles that has a body, interlocking cap structure with a first surface and a second surface; a first curved portion connecting the first surface with a radius of R | 01-06-2011 |
20110186533 | Modular Overhead Storage - A storage system comprises a rack of multiple platforms connectable to one another in a first direction, where each of the platforms has segments that connect to one another along a direction other than the first direction, via a user-operable coupling. The platforms are preferably rectangular, and are connected at their long ends. The segments of each platform are also preferably rectangular, but they are connected along their long sides. In such embodiments, the connection between platforms is perpendicular to the length of the rack, while the connection between segments is parallel to the length of the rack. The segments of individual platforms are preferably coupled together with snap fit connections, and supported from their undersides by transverse supports, and the transverse supports are supported from their undersides by longitudinal supports via recesses on the segments. The transverse supports are preferably perpendicular to the longitudinal supports. | 08-04-2011 |
20120021148 | Floor Matting - Floor mats comprising two layers bonded together with an undulating boundary between them. The surface color and/or surface texture of the first layer being different from the surface color and/or surface texture of the second layer. The mats having an interlocking periphery boundary adapted so the mats can be interlocked with adjoining mats to form a continuous planar mat flooring. | 01-26-2012 |
20120238179 | Multipurpose Foam Flooring - A transformative floor mat system that is interactive as a toy and a mat that is safe, fun and creative. In one form, the floor mat has tiles with interlocking structure around the edges of each tile to prove for a secured large surface area. The floor mat also has play pieces that can be removed from within each tiles so that each tile can be connected to one another to form a play figure. The floor mat system could also be configured to form other three-dimensional structures and environments, such as castles, forests, and beaches. | 09-20-2012 |
20120304566 | Floor Tiles with Hybrid Interlocking System - A floor tile system for protecting a substrate is described. The system includes two tiles or mats that interlock with one another along numerous axes to provide a tight, high-strength seam. Specifically, the tiles include teeth that interlock with teeth of the other tile in a side-by-side manner. The tiles also include male and female portions that interlock when the tile edges overlap with one another. | 12-06-2012 |
20130125495 | Wall Mounting Devices - Wall mounting assemblies and methods are disclosed. The assembly includes a bracket that has two frame members coupled at a hinge. Each frame member has a hook for engaging a recess or slot on a panel. The assembly further includes a panel that has edges that are configured to engage the edges of adjacent panels, without the need for tilting the panel to engage. Each panel has two slots for receiving the bracket. Bending the two frame members on the bracket causes the bracket's hooks to lock into the slots on the panel. | 05-23-2013 |
20130305624 | Wall Mounting Devices - Wall mounting assemblies and methods are disclosed. The assembly includes a bracket that has two frame members coupled at a hinge. Each frame member has a hook for engaging a recess or slot on a panel. The assembly further includes a panel that has edges that are configured to engage the edges of adjacent panels, without the need for tilting the panel to engage. Each panel has two slots for receiving the bracket. Bending the two frame members on the bracket causes the bracket's hooks to lock into the slots on the panel. | 11-21-2013 |
20140138333 | Modular Overhead Storage - A storage system comprises a rack of multiple platforms connectable to one another in a first direction, where each of the platforms has segments that connect to one another along a direction other than the first direction, via a user-operable coupling. The platforms are preferably rectangular, and are connected at their long ends. The segments of each platform are also preferably rectangular, but they are connected along their long sides. In such embodiments, the connection between platforms is perpendicular to the length of the rack, while the connection between segments is parallel to the length of the rack. The segments of individual platforms are preferably coupled together with snap fit connections, and supported from their undersides by transverse supports, and the transverse supports are supported from their undersides by longitudinal supports via recesses on the segments. The transverse supports are preferably perpendicular to the longitudinal supports. | 05-22-2014 |
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20090107247 | Magnetostrictive pressure sensor with an integrated sensing and sealing part - In one embodiment a sensor assembly has a magnetostrictive (MR) element in a sensor housing. The MR element has a sensing part engaged with a wire coil and a frusto-conical sealing part juxtaposed with a fluid the pressure of which is to be sensed. | 04-30-2009 |
20090107248 | Magnetostrictive sensor with uniform stress - In one embodiment, a sensor assembly has a sensor housing forming a fluid chamber having a surface defining a normal axis. A magnetostrictive (MS) core that defines a central longitudinal axis is subjected to stress induced by pressurized fluid in the chamber. An excitation coil is coupled to the core to induce a magnetic flux therein. The central longitudinal axis of the core is coaxial with the axis normal to the fluid chamber surface. | 04-30-2009 |
20090107249 | Means and method of sensing pressure using magnetostrictive electrical condutors - In one embodiment, a sensor assembly has a sensor housing forming a fluid chamber and a magnetostrictive wire that undergoes stress induced by fluid in the chamber. The wire defines opposed ends, each being associated with a respective terminal. Respective hermetic seals penetrate the housing and are coupled to the respective terminals. | 04-30-2009 |
20090107260 | Magnetostrictive strain sensor with single piece sensor cavity - In one embodiment, a sensor assembly has a magnetostrictive (MS) element and a sensor housing defining at least one active wall. A sensor channel is disposed on a first side of the active wall, with the MS element being disposed in the sensor channel and closely received therein. A fluid is on a second side of the active wall, and the active wall is the wall through which stress from pressure of the fluid causes stress on the MS element. The sensor channel defines an axis parallel to the active wall, and the MS element is positioned adjacent the active wall by sliding the MS element into an end of the sensor channel in a direction parallel to the active wall. | 04-30-2009 |
20100084558 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A CONCENTRATION OF UREA IN AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION - System and methods for determining a concentration of urea in an aqueous solution disposed in a container are provided. The system includes an infrared light source and an infrared light detector. The system further includes a window disposed proximate to an aperture of the container, such that the infrared light at a first light intensity level from the infrared light source passes through a first portion of the window toward the aqueous solution. A portion of the infrared light is absorbed by the aqueous solution, and a second portion of the infrared light is reflected from the aqueous solution and through a second portion of the window. The infrared light detector system generates a first signal indicative of a second light intensity level based on the second portion of infrared light. The system further includes a microprocessor that determines the second light intensity level based on the first signal, and further determines a urea concentration based on the first and second light intensity levels. | 04-08-2010 |
20150029504 | FOURIER-TRANSFORM INTERFEROMETER WITH STAIRCASE REFLECTIVE ELEMENT - An apparatus for performing Raman spectral analysis of a sample is described, comprising a coherent light source, an first optical chain to direct the coherent light to impinge on the sample, a second optical chain to direct the scattered light onto a diffraction grating, and a third optical chain to direct the diffracted light onto detection array. The diffraction grating is a plurality of alternating-slope stairsteps, wherein the portion of the step disposed parallel to the base of the diffraction grating is disposed so as to be orthogonal to the path of the scattered light from the second optical chain. The zeroth-order fringe is selected by a slit and directed onto camera. The resultant interferogram is Fourier transformed to produce a representation of the Raman spectrum. | 01-29-2015 |
20150085284 | STATIC INTERFEROMETER WITH STEP-STYLE REFLECTIVE ELEMENT - An apparatus for performing Raman spectral analysis of a sample is described, comprising a coherent light source, an first optical chain to direct the coherent light to impinge on the sample, a second optical chain to direct the scattered light onto a diffraction grating, and a third optical chain to direct the diffracted light onto detection array. The diffraction grating is a stairstep with a metalized surface, and a plurality of metalized stripes on a flat surface is disposed in a direction orthogonal to the long dimension of the stairsteps. The region between the flat surface and the stairstep is transparent. The zeroth-order fringe is selected by a slit and directed onto camera. The resultant interferogram is Fourier transformed to produce a representation of the Raman spectrum. | 03-26-2015 |
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20140106989 | IMAGE CAPTURE FOR LARGE ANALYTE ARRAYS - Analyte arrays such as solutes in a slab-shaped gel following electrophoresis, and particularly arrays that are in excess of 3 cm square and up to 25 cm square and higher, are imaged at distances of 5 cm or less by either forming sub-images of the entire array and stitching together the sub-images by computer-based stitching technology, or by using an array of thin-film photoresponsive elements that is coextensive with the analyte array to form a single image of the array. | 04-17-2014 |
20150029595 | Mechanical Zoom Imaging Apparatus - An imaging assembly for the viewing, imaging, and analysis of chemiluminescent or bioluminescent samples in gels or other substrates, in which an adjustable camera and lens module having a prime or fixed lens or a focusing lens is moved to change the field of view by shifting the focal plane of the camera and lens module. The imaging assembly can also include a mirror to bend or fold the optical path between the camera and lens module and the target area having a sample, in which the mirror can move in the same vertical direction as the camera and lens module. Further, the camera and lens module can be configured to more move in a diagonal direction relative to the location of the imaging target area. The imaging assembly can further have a duct system adaptable to adjust with the movement of the camera and lens module. | 01-29-2015 |
20150070483 | Double Fold Optics - An imaging assembly for the viewing, imaging, and analysis of biological, chemical, and/or biochemical samples in gels or other substrates, in which an adjustable camera and lens module, a reflex mirror, and a focal plane mirror, are configured to bend or fold an optical path in order to image a target region, and where the optical path can be reflected along non-orthogonal angles. The imaging assembly is configured to reduce the overall size of the imaging apparatus due to the angles at which the mirrors and camera and lens assembly are positioned relative to each other, which allows for the imaging of relatively larger samples in the target region. | 03-12-2015 |
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20090231109 | ACTION USING SWITCHED DEVICE THAT TRANSMITS DATA - A radio-frequency identification (RFID) device, or other type of device that transmits data in response to a broadcast of energy, may have a switch. The switch may allow an operator to signal whether the device will transmit data when energized. The switch could also allow an operator to select a particular item of data, or a combination of items of data, to be transmitted. Receiving data reflected from the device may signify an action to be performed, or may signify the fact that some physical action (e.g., pressing, by a human finger) has occurred with respect to the device. Thus, device that transmit data when energized may be used to direct the operation of other devices (e.g., by turning such other devices on or off), to implement tactilely-sensitive displays, or as part of other applications. | 09-17-2009 |
20110010710 | Image Transfer Between Processing Devices - Methods and devices are provided for copying an image of a medium of a first processing device to a virtual medium of a second processing device. Virtual machine configuration information may be created based on hardware configuration information from the first processing device. The image and the virtual machine configuration information may be copied, or written, to the virtual medium. Instructions may be provided to the second processing device for launching a virtual machine to execute an operating system copied from the image to the virtual medium. At least one executable application copied from the image to the virtual medium may be executed by the virtual machine launched on the second processing device. In some embodiments, the second processing device may provide remote access to the virtual machine for one or more remote processing devices. | 01-13-2011 |
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20120137641 | TOP-EMPTYING DEHUMIDIFIER - A dehumidifier has a main body and a water collection container that is removably and fluidly coupled to the main body. The main body includes a dehumidifier device to dehumidify air surrounding or fed into the dehumidifier. The water collection container couples to the main body to receive water output by the dehumidifier device. The main body and the water collection container are configured so that the water collection container is disposed closer to a top of the dehumidifier than to a bottom of the dehumidifier. The water collection container preferably has a handle in which the handle is closer to the top of the dehumidifier than to the bottom of the dehumidifier. | 06-07-2012 |
20120150482 | THERMOMETER WITH AGE SPECIFIC FEATURE SELECTION - The invention includes a thermometer with a backlight and a method for lighting the backlight. The thermometer has temperature sensing tip, a processor taking temperature readings and determining a sensed temperature reading of the living being from the temperature sensing tip. The thermometer also includes a display and a backlight for lighting the display. The backlight is activated upon a command from the processor and the processor determines whether to activate the backlight based upon the temperature readings. The method embodiment can includes the steps of using the processor to monitor a temperature change indicated by a temperature sensing element. The processor then detects a temperature decrease and activates a first color light emitting element to backlight a display if the temperature decrease exceeds or equals a predetermined threshold. The thermometer is operable in one of a plurality of selectable operating modes, and the predetermined threshold is dependent upon the selected operating mode. For example, operating modes may depend on patient age range or measurement location. Age range may include infant, toddler and adult. | 06-14-2012 |
20130275076 | THERMOMETER WITH AGE SPECIFIC FEATURE SELECTION - A thermometer has temperature sensing tip, a processor taking temperature readings and determining a sensed temperature reading of the living being from the temperature sensing tip. The thermometer also includes a display and a backlight for lighting the display. The backlight is activated upon a command from the processor and the processor determines whether to activate the backlight based upon the temperature readings. The method embodiment can includes the steps of using the processor to monitor a temperature change indicated by a temperature sensing element. The processor then detects a temperature decrease and activates a first color light emitting element to backlight a display if the temperature decrease exceeds or equals a predetermined threshold. The thermometer is operable in one of a plurality of selectable operating modes, and the predetermined threshold is dependent upon the selected operating mode. For example, operating modes may depend on patient age range or measurement location. Age range may include infant, toddler and adult. | 10-17-2013 |
20140269832 | THERMOMETER USER INTERFACE - At least one indicator light is located on the body or probe sections of a thermometer to indicate to the user that adjustments should be made to the timing or probe cover positioning of the thermometer. Additionally or alternatively the thermometer retains and displays information from previous uses, and in particular displays information pertaining to how long ago the last temperature measure was taken. Additionally, the thermometer may include additional buttons which can function to toggle the display to provide various types of information to the user, or toggle between thermometer usage modes, icon display, and LED color, among others. In another aspect, an internal body section with an access door provides access to a button allowing the user to toggle the interface of the thermometer, such as whether the temperature output is in degrees Fahrenheit or degrees Centigrade. | 09-18-2014 |
20140271289 | RECONFIGURABLE GRILLE AND FAN ASSEMBLY INCLUDING RECONFIGURABLE GRILLE - A reconfigurable grille for use in association with an axial fan, and a fan assembly including the reconfigurable grille. The reconfigurable grille includes a central hub, an outer rim, and a plurality of vanes each extending from the central hub to the outer rim. The plurality of vanes are configured to switch between at least a first configuration and a second configuration, for example, by a rotation of the central hub relative to the outer rim. The grille can further include a control element to switch the vanes between different configurations. | 09-18-2014 |
20140369896 | AIR PURIFIER WITH FILTER AND SCENT-RELEASING MECHANISM - An appliance for delivering agent. The agent-delivery appliance includes an agent-releasing mechanism, an air-moving device that generates a flow of air moving from upstream to downstream, and at least one filter. The agent-releasing mechanism includes a chamber configured to release agent into the flow of air generated by the air-moving device. The chamber includes multiple openings, one of which is configured to provide air loaded with agent from the chamber to a first location within the flow of air generated by the air-moving device. At least one filter is located upstream from the first location within the flow of air generated by the air-moving device. | 12-18-2014 |